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I saw a thread with useful tips about b and d, and my dd has an issue with 6 and 9. I know she's still young, but she wants to know. She says that a 6 is and upside down 6. She thinks a 9 is a six. And even if she knew the 6 and 9, calling one the "upside down" version of the other isn't helpful, I don't think. Does anyone have some helpful tips for this lil confusion?

Would it help if you had her learn to write the 9 with a ball and stick? It would be an upside down b, not a 6...more confusion? Maybe she could more easily see how the printed curvy version looked like the ball and stick version...

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Ok, some people write the 9 just like it looks when you type it, as one long swoop. Others write it making the loop counterclockwise and then bringing the line straight down... In this example they show the big one looking like the upside down 6 and then the child practices the one I'm describing.http://akidsheart.com/threer/lvl1/no9prnt.htm

If she got used to the "ball and stick" 9, it wouldn't look like an upside down 6...make any sense?

__________________Kelly
Wife to my sweetheart for 21 years
Homeschooling mom of 2 young men, ages 18 & 16 and one energetic girl, age 11
When I joined GCM they were 8,6, and 1.

When we cannot trace God's hand, we must simply trust His heart. ~ Charles Spurgeon

Yeah. I write the ball and stick 9, so perhaps we will practice writing them and it will help her figure it out. Her biggest experience with numbers is the digital clock readout, and they look the same, just reversed. She has issues with 5 and 2 for that reason. She also plays cards, but same deal there.

One thing I have done when kids are stuck on a reversal like this is to pick one of the letters or numbers, let's say 6 and practice that one a lot, in a lot of different ways, and don't practice 9 at all for awhile. Practice it lots of different ways, markers, pencil, chalk, shaving cream etc and give it time. Wait until she can always write a 6 correctly without hesitation, and then work on 9 again.

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I was just trying to think of a word mnemonic... maybe something like "six sits, nine toes the line." And tell a story of how six's round bottom sits down low, but nine just keeps one little toe on the line.

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